HISTORY OF SHARON, TN
HOUSE BLLL No. 151
An act to incorporate the town of Sharon in Weakley County was presented to the Tennessee state legislature, passed January 29, 1901 and approved February 6, 1901. The town of Sharon really got its beginning and started to grow when the Illinois central railroad bought the right-of-way for its tracks through this settlement. The first train came through on
august 22, 1873. A dance was held in the depot to celebrate. The name Sharon was chosen because the first train through the town had as its engineer a man named Sharon. The old lodge hall faced the railroad and the upstairs was used by the masonic lodge for many years. A local undertaker stored caskets downstairs. The Reagor Hotel was built soon after the railroad came. Jim Reagor. The hotel was a large, two-story facing the railroad. It was a fine hotel
Parrish store was a thriving business. At the general store they sold everything from hardware to millinery. Downtown: Parrish store, Shannon’s drug store, Sharon Library, Moore Bros., Allen Dry Goods, General Store, Harkey Hardware, Frozen Food Locker, Post Office, Grocery Stores, Sharon Laundry, Bank of Sharon, Farmers Bank, Ford Agency, Thelma's Dress Shop, Trout's Grocery and Undertaker, and other fine stores. The downtown also had restaurants, livery stables, variety stores, barber shops, a skating rink and a bowling lane. Sharon high school: the school went to a four-year high school in 1914. Our school was noted as 'an institution of distinction.' in February 1924 disaster struck when the school building burned to the ground. Construction on the new building was begun almost immediately. The fire on October 14, 1968 spelled the beginning of the end of Sharon high school the high school years from 1970 until the fall of 1982 were different with Sharon teenagers being bussed from the local campus to martin Westview. With the teamwork of our county commissioners, school board members, Sharon city board and the local voters approving an additional sales tax on august 23, 1982, Sharon high school reopened.
